Forget Using Memory, You Have Reminder Apps
If you’re bad at remembering things, whether that’s birthdays, deadlines, names, and so on, you’re lucky to live in a time where that shortcoming doesn’t even matter. Every mobile device these days has an extra memory repository you can use to your advantage, and it comes in a very simple… [Read More]
‘GAME OF THRONES’ DINNER PARTY!!
Yesterday, the trailer for the upcoming season of Game of Thrones was released. Because it’s really fun to imagine GOT characters out of their medieval fantasy context, I decided to host a dinner party and invited some of my favorite inhabitants of the Known World. The following are snippets from… [Read More]
We’re All Worrying Too Much About How We Post Online
No one is watching your every move. Sure, maybe big brother is. Maybe the government is. Maybe the person that’s got a serious crush/obsession with you is. But the real truth is that unless you’re Barack Obama or a celebrity on par with him, no one really cares that your… [Read More]
2013: The Year of Netflix
In the past year, a lot has been made of the rise of Netflix due to its quality original content and potential to change the TV landscape. When the company released all 13 episodes of House of Cards at once in February, many viewers were unsure of what to do…. [Read More]
We are Advertising
In a recent Moto X commercial, Kanye West’s “Black Skinheads” plays in the background as a sleek and sexy new smartphone flashes across the screen, changing colors and flaunting the customization possibilities available to those who purchase the new Motorola (aka Google) device. Initially, it feels a little strange that… [Read More]
Solo With Solomon: Seeing 12 Years a Slave on Thanksgiving
[SPOILERS] Today is Thanksgiving, and I just got home from seeing 12 Years a Slave by myself. That seems like the wrong movie to see on your own on Thanksgiving or any other day—after all, it’s based on the true story of a free black man in pre-Civil War New… [Read More]
Fantasy Football Anger Management
Many sports fans are of the opinion that in the fall months, Sunday exists as the simultaneously best and worst day of the week. On the one hand, there’s football: beer, friends, fantasy teams, food, sloth, and watching grown men pummel the shit out of each other. On the other,… [Read More]
Larry David Loves Basketball
Today, a brilliant picture of Larry David at Sunday’s Knicks-Spurs games made its rounds on the world wide web. In it, not only is he sporting a classic apathetic Larry David look, but he’s featured with a great supporting cast. From left to right: Nelly, Anthony Anderson, cute random girl,… [Read More]
TV Spinoffs Need to Chill
Please stop. Last week news broke that CBS is in talks to green light a How I Met Your Mother spinoff series. The name of said series is How I Met Your Father. This is without question a stupid name, but it’s an even stupider idea. Hollywood has a problem… [Read More]
Texts From the Making of ‘Reflektor’
By Victor Beigelman and Andy Verderosa Just one week ago, Arcade Fire released their fourth album, Reflektor, to the masses. It’s been more than three years since they dropped the Grammy-winning, absurdly good The Suburbs, so thankfully we’ve all had some time to let our wrists heal from dancing non-stop… [Read More]
